Next, the hearing on the house energy and commerce subcommittee on the potential Health Effects of e. Cigarettes. It also includes Public Officials from North Carolina, massachusetts, michigan and kansas testifying how the states are responding to the rise in vaping related illnesses. The subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing will now come to order. Today the committee is holding a hearing entitled sounding the alarm the Public Health crisis of cigarettes. The purpose is to examine the Public Health impacts the regulatory authorities related to key cigarette manufacturing sales and use. The chair now recognizes for purposes of an opening statement. Our country is facing a serious Public Health epidemic one that is causing severe harm. It will examine the cost of the epidemic and the uncontrolled rising use of e. Cigarettes lifethreatening illnesses and the use of products we must work to protect the American People from the misunderstanding about these products. The data
The subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing will now come to order. Today the committee is holding a hearing entitled sounding the alarm the Public Health crisis of cigarettes. The purpose is to examine the Public Health impacts the regulatory authorities related to key cigarette manufacturing sales and use. The chair now recognizes for purposes of an opening statement. Our country is facing a serious Public Health epidemic one that is causing severe harm. It will examine the cost of the epidemic and the uncontrolled rising use of e. Cigarettes lifethreatening illnesses and the use of products we must work to protect the American People from the misunderstanding about these products. The data is clear over the past several years, we have seen an unacceptably high proportion of people facing nicotine addiction. This year alone more than 27 of High Schoolers report they are using ecigarettes or vaping as it is also known. 2011 to 2015, there was a 900 increase, 900 increase
A doctor chief Deputy Director for chief medical date executive officiant. Doctor elizabeth, state Health Director and shes medical officer of North Carolina formative human services. Doctor lee norman, secretary of the chemists department of health and environment and doctor monica rl, the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. I want to thankf all of you for appearing before the committee today. You know aware that the committee is holding an investigative hearing and we do so, have a practice the taking of testimony on oath. You have any any objections to testifying on oath today . No. Let that reflect that the witnesses have responded no. On the rules of the house, and the rules of the committee, entitled to be accompanied by counsel. Through do any of you request to be accompanied by counsel today. Now let the record reflect that the witnesses have stated no. If you would then, please rise and raise your right hand so you may be sworn in. Do you swear the t
Once again for today due to the dangerous heat and a high fire danger with a red flag warning still in effect until 11 00 a. M. For the northbay mountains, east bay hills and diablo range. We will talk about the changes as we had through the week coming up. Can a look at traffic right now, so far so good at least at the papers, no major delays to report traffic moving as expected this hour as you work your way out of oakland into San Francisco this morning with no delays on the upper deck. Cause stack up just a little bit but still an easy right as you head into San Francisco this morning. Travel times are 580 as a commutative tracy this morning, youre going to see brake lights starting in tracy out of motels, state 37 minutes, that is your drive time from 205 on westbound 580 all the way toward 680. As you are on 680 itself, both directions in the green, no delays in the eastbound freeway. I am anne makovec. We have a large fire on mayer island, you can see it burning on the southern
Live from the cps bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Now at 4 30 looking life from the exclusive Salesforce Tower camera looking east this morning. The beautiful a bridge. It is wednesday morning, already. Yeah, halfway there. September 25th, good morning. I am michelle griego. I am kenny choi. To check the forecast, it is going to be another hot day. That is right, one more day of the heat and major changes as we head through the rest of the work week. And especially into the we can pick a cooldown is coming but in the meantime check out the highs. 100 in concorde, 101 in fairfield, one of three in livermore, 95 in san jose, 90 in oakland and upper 80s for San Francisco. The heat advisory in effect once again for today for most of the bay area due to the dangerous heat, and we have the red flag warning still in effect until 11 00 a. M. For the northbay mountains east bay hills and diablo range due to the gusty winds this morning, we are going to see the winds relax as we head throu